Nose-piece for eyeglasses



H. SCH. NOSE PIECE EYEGLASSES.

No. 541,960. Patented July 2, 1895.

(No Mode 1..)

STATES ATENT OFFICE.

HENRY BORSCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NOSE-PIECE FOR EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,960, dated July 2, 1895. Application filed April 13, 1894. Serial No. 507,419. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, HENRY BORSCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nose-Pieces for Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This improvement relates to that class of eye-glasses which are provided with self-adjusting nose-pieces, theobject of the invention being to provide a nose-piece which may be made of one piece of wire and which at the same time shall be very resilient and comfortable to the wearer; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described and then definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an eyeglass provided with one of my nose-pieces. Figs. 2 and 3 show views of said nose-piece detached.

Referring now by letters to the details of the said drawings, A represents the frame of a pair of eye-glasses preferably of that class where the bridge is secured to the jaws a by a screw B. These parts are of course all old, and hence need no further description.

My improvement resides in the nose-piece to be secured to said jaws, which nose-piece I am about to describe, and which is made as follows: A single piece of spring wire C is used and is provided with an eye 0 and from said eye the wire extends outwardly as shown at c, where it has a downwardly-bent arm D and an eye formed therein at D from whence it is continued still further'in the same downward direction and forms another arm D". After it has been continued downwardly a sut'ficient distance, it has another bend cl and then continues upwardly at an acute angle to form the long arm,as shown at D'. Over this upwardly-extending arm D" is secured the facing F, which may be of cork, rubber, or any suitable substance. From the top of this facing the wire has a bend at about right angles and is continued to form the arm G,

which is arranged to slide through the abovementioned eye 0, where the end of the wire has a slight bend at g to prevent the end from slipping out of said eye. As this wire is made of spring material it will be readily understood that the facing normally tends to spring toward the noseB (owing to the resiliency of the spring-wire) and uses the bend at d in lieu of a pivot on which to swing.

The nose'piece is'secured to the eye-glass i frame by placing the'eye Din the jaws a and inserting the screw 15 through said eye, and

screwing said screw home. When this is done, it will be found that the nose-piece is securely held to the eyeglass frame, one arm D of said nose-piece passing out above, and the other (D') from below, the jaws a.

It is believed the operation of this device will be. easily understood. It maybe said, however, that when the glasses are placed on the nose, the arms D' holding the facings are slightly compressed, the arm G passing through the eye 0 more or less according to the size of the nose on which the glasses are used. Of course when the glasses are taken off, the springwire causes the facings to assume their normal position with the bend g engaging the eye 0.

I am aware that it is not new to make nosepieces where one end is allowed to spring back and forth, such forinstance as that shown in the Patent No. 407,789, and that it is not new to make nose-pieces of wire, but I consider my invention as essentially different from these and all others with which I am familiar, inasmuch as the construction shown possesses material advantages over those now known. For instance, by making the nose-piece entirely of one piece of spring wire, the facings are allowed'to spring inwardly at the slightest pressure, and the entire nose piece is allowed to spring in any direction if sufficient pressure is exerted, and may if necessary be bent to fit any shape or form of nose. Again, it admits of a very cheap and at the same time durable article, and one that can readily be attached to glassesnow in use. It also, it

will be seen, allows of the use of the facings made as shown and described, which adds much to the improvement and altogether makes a very durable and pleasant form of nose-piece.

I do not wish to limit myself to the exact form shown, however, as that may be changed slightly without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Several applications for nose-pieces for eyeglasses have been filed by me of even date herewith, and the one bearing the Serial No. 507,418 shows in Fig. 4 a construction which at first glance appears to be similar to the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of this application. The two inventions, however,

are essentially different, inasmuch as the confor securing it to the eye-glass, said wire being bent upwardly from said eye and having an eye 0 thereon, the other end of said wire being bent downwardly from said eye D, and thence bent upwardly, the end of the wire projecting through the eye 0, and a facing secured to said wire, substantially as described.

3. In an eye-glass, a nose-piece made of one piece of spring wire and having an eye D therein, by which the nose-piece is secured to the eye-glass frame, one end of the spring wire being bent upwardly and having an eye 0 thereon, and the other end of said wire be- .ing bent downwardly from said eye D, an

arm extending upwardly and having a facing slipped thereon,vand the end of said arm projecting through said eye 0, substantially as described.

'In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses, this 7th day of April, 1894.

HENRY BORSCH. Witnesses:

CHAS. S.'WEYHMAN, C. GILKEY. 

